God Given Daisies             — by Carole Devecka

Don’t Wait!

Tomorrows are not guaranteed to us. No one knows for sure what tomorrow will bring.  In fact, from moment to moment, life as we know it, can change.

With all the craziness in the world today, don’t wait to say “I’m sorry” or “Thank you”, “I’m thinking about you” “I appreciate you, and the things you do.” And especially, do not wait to say, “I love you.”

Some people feel foolish saying these things. Others are ashamed that they never said any of them. Some live with the pain that they should have said all these words, and now that person is gone.

Only God knows what is in our hearts and in our minds. Us mere mortals, need to hear it, see it, feel it.

I was taking care of a dying cancer patient and she was telling me that she feared drying because in life she wasn’t a very nice person.  I told her that her life wasn’t over yet and she had the time to ask everyone, one by one, for their forgiveness.

God was giving her the opportunity to tell all the people she cared about that she really did love them, but never knew how to say it and show it, and that she was truly sorry if she caused them any anguish or pain.

Some she called and only left a message. Some she spoke with directly. She cried, they cried.

After the tears came the smile.

A peaceful smile.

Anger in her face disappeared. Fear disappeared.

Kelly died with a smile on her face knowing she did the right thing and she “Didn’t Wait.”

— © Carole Devecka, God Given Daisies


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